Who do you think was the classiest old Hollywood actor?
Old Hollywood meaning pre-1970.
Classiest Old Hollywood Actor?
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 21, 2025 3:04 PM |
He WAS the Classiest Old Hollywood Actor!
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 20, 2025 5:33 PM |
Peck or Jimmy Stewart by a country mile.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 20, 2025 5:50 PM |
Quite a few on your list, impossible to choose.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 20, 2025 6:06 PM |
Peck
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 20, 2025 6:08 PM |
No, Astaire is the one.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 20, 2025 6:46 PM |
William Powell, the one others tried to emulate.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 20, 2025 6:50 PM |
[quote]Old Hollywood Actor
Richard Chamberlain???
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 20, 2025 6:53 PM |
David Niven was Errol Flynn's best pal and partner in crime, so despite his suave and elegant exterior, classy didn't really fit the bill.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 20, 2025 7:05 PM |
William Powell was pretty great, too
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 20, 2025 7:10 PM |
[quote] William Powell was pretty great, too
He was the one others tried to emulate.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 20, 2025 7:12 PM |
Classiest in all externals was Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Period.
But William Powell actually DID reach higher because he rejected class while embodying it. True class does not recognize class, only the truths people evidence about themselves.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 20, 2025 7:14 PM |
William Powell in My Man Godfrey. Great film.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 20, 2025 7:30 PM |
Myrna Loy
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 20, 2025 7:35 PM |
[quote]Old Hollywood Actor : Richard Chamberlain???
Ditto Sidney Poitier. "old Hollywood" ended in the 1940s.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 20, 2025 7:57 PM |
Cary Grant was too cheap to be really classy. When he was living with Randolph Scott one wag pronounced "they have the perfect relationship. Randolph writes the checks and Cary posts them".
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 20, 2025 8:40 PM |
R15 they were roommates
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 20, 2025 8:46 PM |
Nerdy Jimmy Stewart???
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 20, 2025 8:49 PM |
Jimmy Stewart is too representative of the American Middle West.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 20, 2025 8:50 PM |
Where is Rock Hudson?
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 20, 2025 8:53 PM |
Paul Robeson was the smartest and most impressive.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 20, 2025 8:53 PM |
No Gable?
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 20, 2025 9:24 PM |
Jimmy Stewart = right winger
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 20, 2025 9:42 PM |
Ronald Colman.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 21, 2025 10:52 AM |
Adolphe Menjou.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 21, 2025 12:45 PM |
Didn't Menjou support the HUAC witch hunts?
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 21, 2025 3:04 PM |